Information Architects Corporation has received a Notice of Allowance from the U.S. Patent Office covering its Web application server technologies. The patent allowance covers technologies at the core of Information Architects’ (iA) Metaphoria Virtual Web Server products. Metaphoria enables rapid development of Internet products and applications for business users that require efficient access to data from multiple sources. Metaphoria enables data residing in mainframes, client server systems, web servers, Internets and Extranets to be divorced, parsed, combined, personalized and viewed REAL-TIME from any Internet accessible device such as a PC, PDA, WebTV, Palm VII or WinCE device. Metaphoria can not only let the user view selected data but it can update the data across multiple systems in real time with the click of the mouse. www.ia.com
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Novell, Inc. unveiled its solution for helping customers link business data for easy use in electronic business applications. Novell demonstrated a new software solution called DirXML. Extending the capabilities of Novell Directory Services (NDS) 8, this new solution links and manages all the places where business and network information is stored. This includes software applications, network operating systems, databases and network devices. This is the first solution based on a directory that not only brings all data together, but also keeps control of the information with the individual departments that own the data. DirXML will connect all data without the need to modify existing software, allowing companies to build on their existing technology investments. Novell has received support for DirXML from partner companies including Bowstreet, Bulletproof Corporation, Compaq Computer Corporation, enCommerce Inc., Entrust Technologies Inc., HAHT Software, Intracus, ISOCOR, Netegrity, NetPro, Oblix Inc., Unimax Systems Corporation. By utilizing XML, Novell’s DirXML will enable companies to connect multiple databases and applications without the need to modify their existing software — thereby getting the most out of their technology investments. A beta-testing version of DirXML will be available for customers to evaluate in Q4 1999. The final product is expected to ship in 2000 and pricing will be announced at that time. The first version of DirXML will support Novell’s NetWare and Microsoft NT operating system environments, with support for Sun Solaris and Linux platforms to follow soon after the initial release. www.novell.com
Prophet 21, Inc.announced its commitment to support the BizTalk Framework by developing industry-specific schemas that will enable the exchange of business information for the Prophet 21 customer base. In addition to committing to develop and use BizTalk XML schemas, Prophet 21 is participating in the alpha/beta program for Microsoft BizTalk Server and is working to ensure BizTalk Server and schemas will integrate with Prophet 21 products, including Prophet 21 Wholesale and Prophet 21 Acclaim. These BizTalk-enabled solutions will allow businesses to easily exchange documents with online trading partners regardless of the platform technology underlying each company’s systems. Prophet 21 Wholesale customers will enjoy support for BizTalk schemas later this year.www.p21.com
Managed Object Solutions, Inc. (MOS) today released Formula version 1.2. This new release integrates with Tivoli Systems TME/10 NetView, Tivoli Enterprise Console (TEC) and Hewlett-Packard OpenView Network Node Manager, and provides XML support, business-centric views, and centralized automation. Formula makes it easy for service providers and IT departments to manage complex, heterogeneous networks, while allowing them to keep their existing management applications in place. Developed entirely in 100 percent pure Java, Formula integrates data from multiple management applications, and then delivers a secure, customizable enterprise view through any standard Web browser. The new HP and Tivoli adapters add to the list of management systems supported by Formula. All Formula adapters are CORBA-based and bi-directional, providing a greater scope of visibility and tight integration with the underlying platforms. They dynamically learn what the management system knows and therefore require no configuration. Formula’s new XML support simplifies customization of business-centric views. Already capable of providing a universal management console for operations managers, Formula now can take disparate information and organize it on business-centric lines, supplying a specific, valuable view to businesspeople, line-of-business managers and service provider customers. www.mos.cc
Extensibility Inc. announced the first commercial product for BizTalk Framework schema validation. XML Authority 1.1 will provide import and output support for BizTalk Framework compatible schemas and for the XDR schema format and for the W3C schema specification when it becomes available. It will also provide advanced support for XML namespaces. The test version of XML Authority 1.1 will be made available free of charge to XML Authority 1.0 customers in late July. A special trial version of XML Authority 1.1 will be accessible for download from the BizTalk.org site at www.biztalk.org in August. Using XML Authority 1.1, developers can create and exchange schemas compliant with the BizTalk Framework specifications. XML Authority is $99.95, multiple user x-Packs are available: 5-user, $449.95; 10-user, $849.95; 50-user, $3,995.00. A 10-use trial version may also be downloaded from the Extensibility site. www.extensibility.com
Macromedia, Inc. announced a definitive agreement under which Macromedia will acquire Elemental Software for $24 million in a stock for stock transaction. Elemental’s products Drumbeat 2000 and eStore Builder combined with Macromedia’s products like Dreamweaver and Generator, will enable Web developers to create dynamic Web sites for e-commerce, corporate intranets and personalized content. The addition of the Elemental products to Macromedia’s Web publishing product family provides a standards-based end-to-end solution of software for efficiently creating, producing and maintaining dynamic Web sites that automate the process of linking database information to Web applications with reusable code. In the transaction, Macromedia will exchange approximately 625,000 shares of its stock for all of the outstanding equity of Elemental, for a total purchase price of approximately $24 million. The transaction will be accounted for as a pooling of interests, and is expected to close within 45 days, subject to satisfaction of customary closing conditions and regulatory approvals. Macromedia expects to take a one-time charge of approximately $3.0 million for expenses related to the acquisition in the current quarter. www.macromedia.com
IntraNet Solutions, Inc., announced that the underwriters of its public offering have exercised their option to acquire an additional 552,000 shares of its common stock, including 484,500 shares sold by the Company and 67,500 shares sold by selling shareholders, at a price of $8.00 per share to the public. The managers of the offering were Dain Rauscher Wessels, a division of Dain Rauscher Incorporated, and U.S. Bancorp Piper Jaffray, Inc. The Company plans to use the net proceeds of the offering for working capital and general corporate purposes. www.intranetsol.com
Plumtree Software announced it has shipped a new release of the Plumtree Corporate Portal. Enhancements include: A new Active Portal architecture for embedding third-party corporate tools and Internet services in the portal using modular components called Plumtree Portal Gadgets; Self-service personalization, for empowering users to choose the corporate content and services that they use every day for inclusion in a single portal page; Multi-server enterprise scalability, with support for more than 100,000 users; Web administration, with a sophisticated submission and approval process for enabling a wide range of users to contribute to the portal in a controlled way; and Security for the extranet and Internet, with complete access control for all portal contents, including search results. Pricing for the Plumtree Corporate Portal 3.0 begins at $100,000. The Plumtree Corporate Portal is available immediately. www.plumtree.com
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